I'LL JUST HAVE TO PUT ON AN EXTRA PAIR OF SOCKS

 OUR FORESTS ARE LOOKING BARE NOW

Lotsa rain came down in the night but no snow.  Well, not yet anyway but that could all change Friday.  For Pheebs and I this morning our mission was to see if we could head out and find us some cattle corn.  With the corn harvest going on there are sometimes small piles of corn alongside the road where corn has been transferred from a combine into a truck or wagon.  They sometimes spill some and that is exactly what we were looking for and found this morning.  With a bucket and shovel in the back of the Jeep, I was able to scoop up a good pail full.  Kelly will be able to bake some nice corn muffins now.  Maybe even enough left over for a robust corn pie or two.  Okay, so that's not why we were gathering up corn.  Despite my ongoing Squirrel wars I do like to help the little fellas through the winter by feeding them and that is who the corn is for.  I think the Blue Jays like the corn as well.

 NO, IT'S NOT A HOLSTEIN COW...IT'S A HOLSTEIN VAN

 ALL THE FLOATING DOCKS MOORING POSTS ARE NOW OUT OF THE WATER

 THERE WERE A LOT OF LOOBY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON BAYFIELD'S NEW BRIDGE DECK THIS MORNING

Our travels this morning took us southeast of Bayfield around one of our familiar routes.  Hadn't been down around the way for nearly a month.  Forests are now bare with about 99% of the leaves on the ground.  Most of the countryside has lost its lush Spring, Summer, and blazing Autumn colors.  Drab grey usually sums up the month of November around here and that is the shape it is taking on.  Soon, the landscape will be completely white with snow, rivers, and creeks will freeze over and Lake Huron will freeze for as far out as one can see from the shoreline.  Right now as I am typing this at 4:45 in the afternoon, sleet is bouncing off our deck outside.

COLD GREY NOVEMBER SKIES TODAY WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DRIVING THE ALREADY COLD  TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE THIRTIES 

I have never been a cold (or hot) weather person and I sure seem to be feeling the cold more than ever these days.  I guess I have to accept that as a sign of my aging but at least I am not alone in that.  It just seems to be one of those Senior things with many older folks that comes with the territory.  No sense in complaining.  I guess I'll just have to put on an extra pair of socks every day now.    

 SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF YUMMY APPLE PIES GOING TO WASTE HERE

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An 80-year-old couple were having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure nothing was wrong with them.  When they arrived at the doctor's they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory. After checking the couple out, the doctor told them that they were physically okay but might want to start writing things down and make notes to help them remember things.  The couple thanked the doctor and left. Later that night while watching TV, the man got up from his chair and his wife asked, "Where are you going?" He replied, "To the kitchen." She asked, "Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?" He replied, "Sure." She then asked him, "Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?" He said, "No, I can remember that."  She then said, "Well I would also like some strawberries on top. You had better write that down because I know you'll forget that." He said, "I can remember that, you want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries." She replied, "Well I also would like whipped cream on top. I know you will forget that so you better write it down."  With irritation in his voice, he said, "I don't need to write that down! I can remember that." He then fumes into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes he returned from the kitchen and handed her a plate of bacon and eggs. She stared at the plate for a moment and said angrily: "I TOLD you to write it down! You forgot my toast!"

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